Messi’s impressive record reached by Benzema after his brilliant performance in the Champions League

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This Tuesday, the Real Madrid He showed his favorite credentials again to win a new one Champions League with his 5-2 away win against Liverpool in the first leg of the round of 16 and after trailing 0-2. Although his scorer Karim Benzema appeared in the end, once again the French attacker showed his forcefulness and did not forgive when it came to defining. He scored a double that allowed him to equal a record of Lionel Messi.

The merengue team had to overcome a complicated match in which the initial difference of two goals included an error by their goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtoiswhich the Egyptian took advantage of Mohamed Salah. The English team had taken the lead with a great goal from the Uruguayan stick Darwin Núñez.

But the current champion of Europe and the Club World Cup matched it with two goals from the Brazilian Vinicius, which again was gravitating for his team. your compatriot Eder Militao the result turned around and then came the repertoire of Gato Benzema.

It was 10 minutes into the plugin that the French attacker appeared with a fortuitous definition in which the ball was deflected and allowed him to convert after a deflection into joseph gomez that dislodged the goalkeeper Alisson. But the best came 12 minutes later when he received from Viniciushooked inside the box to scatter Alisson and defined left-handed with three rivals ahead.

Karim Benzema celebrates one of his goals with Dani Carvajal (REUTERS/Phil Noble)
Karim Benzema celebrates one of his goals with Dani Carvajal (REUTERS/Phil Noble)

The French gunner scored for the first time in this edition and reached 18 consecutive seasons with at least one goala mark that only Leo Messi had reached between Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).

Benzema, 35, already adds 88 goals in the main Old World club tournament in 147 parties, between Lyon (12 goals) and Real Madrid (76). With his country’s team, he played in his first four appearances and then the remaining 14 were with the Merengue team.

While Messi (same age) became 129 occasions in the competition in the 169 encounters that he carried out in the contest. The flea He played 16 editions with Barcelona and the last two with PSG.

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The Argentine won the title four times: 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2015. He is looking for his first star in this contest with the PSGbut the man from Rosario and his teammates have a difficult time since they will have to overcome the 0-1 loss in the first leg against him in Germany Bayern Munich. While the Frenchman achieved it five times: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2022.

With the victory in England the Real Madrid accommodated the key to the round of 16 ahead of the second leg that will be played on Wednesday, March 15. That day the rematch of the other match that took place on the day will also be played, in which the Napolisolid leader of the A league from Italy, I wentwon 2-0 away against Eintracht Frankfurt.

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